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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alvey , Richard Henry , 1826 - (search)
Alvey, Richard Henry, 1826-
Jurist; born in St. Mary's county, Md., in March. 1826; was educated in St. Mary's College: admitted to the bar in 1849.
He was elected a Pierce Presidential elector in 1852, and a member of the Michigan State Constitutional Convention in 1867.
He served as chief judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, and as a justice of the Michigan Court of Appeals in 1867-83, and as chief-justice of that court in 1883-93.
On Jan. 1, 1896. President Cleveland appointed him a member of the Venezuelan Boundary Commission (see Venezuela question).